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This is the site for 6.034 Artificial Intelligence, with Professor Patrick Winston.
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* [[Calendar]]
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== '''Welcome to the 2015 Edition of 6.034'''==
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* [[Problem sets]] and tips on [[using DrScheme]]
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* [[Tutorial and recitation assignments]]
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* [[Grading policy | Grading and collaboration policy]]
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* [[Frequently Asked Questions | Frequently asked questions]]
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* [[Demonstrations]]
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/Sleep.htm Sleep]
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/Examinations Quiz Archive]
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* [[Office Hours]]
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== News ==
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=== December 21, 2007 ===
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===We are pleased to note ...===
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...that Bloomberg has listed 6.034 as among [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-11/five-of-the-best-computer-science-classes-in-the-country "Five of the best Computer Science Class in the U.S."]
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<li> Final examinations have been examined, and you can examine yours in Professor Winston's office.
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<li> Alternatively, you can learn your grade via WEBSIS.</li>
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<li> You cannot get your grade any other way. By institute rules, we cannot
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=== December 14, 2007 ===
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===Road map:===
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Quizzes will be available in 32-251 for most of today.
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To see how 6.034 outcomes relate to the outcomes of other subjects in the Course 6 curriculum, see the graphical display in the [http://6004.mit.edu/gmap/public.html?focus=6.034 6.034 Curricular Goals Map]
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=== December 14, 2007 ===
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===Logistical stuff:===
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* [[Frequently Asked Questions | Frequently asked questions]]
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* [[Grading and collaboration policy]]
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* [[Staff | Staff email addresses]]
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* [[Tutorials | Tutorial assignments]]
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* [[Office Hours | Office Hours]]
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* [[Reference material and playlist | What material will be on the quiz?]]
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* [[Recitations | Recitations]]
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* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGU5NkkzdGdsLWpITnZxQlJ6UHdDUUE6MQ Suggestion Box]
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Grading amendment/clarification.  We have been inconsistent in our discussion of how we will run the grades, so we will use a more generous method than that described in lecture.  We will fit tight sigmoids to the breakpoints, but we will fit them such that if you are, for example, right on the upper breakpoint, you get nearly a five.  If you  are a few points below, you get nearly a four.  Similarly, on the next breakpoint, you get nearly a 4, and if a few points below, you get nearly a 3.
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===Reference stuff:===
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=== December 5, 2007 ===
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* [[Calendar]]
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Here's the grading breakdown to help you judge how you did on Q4; they will be available Thursday, December 6-7, in recitations.
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* [[Reference material and playlist]]
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|1 (SVM)                      || 50 || &ge; 43 || &ge; 35|| &lt; 35
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=== November 21, 2007 ===
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* [[Demonstrations]]
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[[Problem set 5]], the last problem set in 6.034, is released. It is due on '''Friday''', November 30.
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=== November 15, 2007 ===
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* [http://web.mit.edu/dxh/www/ Dylan's AI Demonstrations]
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* [http://web.mit.edu/dxh/www/sigmoid/ Dylan's Grade Calculator]
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See the [[Grading policy | Grading and collaboration policy]] for further explanation.
 
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=== November 7, 2007 ===
 
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[[Problem set 4]] has been released. It is due on Wednesday, November 7.
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[[Problem set 3]] has finally been graded for everyone who submitted it on time. Now, onto the late submissions. In the interest of time, we'll look for which late submissions were actually different and grade only those, so most people will not see a "ps3-late" grade as usual.
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/2014polls/Workload.pdf End of term workload survey] 
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Most, but not all of Professor Winston's lectures will be on Monday and Wednesday. 
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On many, but not all Fridays, you will learn about what is happening in the field right now from someone who is doing work right now in an area related to the Monday and Wednesday lectures.
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Examinations will cover material from the traditional lectures as well as the right-now lecturesIt will be extremely difficult to field questions on the right-now material if you do not attend the right-now lectures because the material is not yet in textbooks or, in many cases, published papers.
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Contents

Welcome to the 2015 Edition of 6.034

We are pleased to note ...

...that Bloomberg has listed 6.034 as among "Five of the best Computer Science Class in the U.S."

Road map:

To see how 6.034 outcomes relate to the outcomes of other subjects in the Course 6 curriculum, see the graphical display in the 6.034 Curricular Goals Map

Logistical stuff:

Reference stuff:

  • Labs (also known as "problem sets")






News

June 2015

In the fall semester of 2014, 6.034 will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11. Most, but not all of Professor Winston's lectures will be on Monday and Wednesday. On many, but not all Fridays, you will learn about what is happening in the field right now from someone who is doing work right now in an area related to the Monday and Wednesday lectures.

Examinations will cover material from the traditional lectures as well as the right-now lectures. It will be extremely difficult to field questions on the right-now material if you do not attend the right-now lectures because the material is not yet in textbooks or, in many cases, published papers.

Tutorials will meet weekly on Monday and Tuesday. On the first day of class, you will fill out a form that will enable us to assign you to a tutorial.

There are no recitations.

6.034 is no longer offered in the spring term.

More details will emerge during the first lecture on Wednesday, 3 September 2014.

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